Brooks prepares for a close election

The Tracey Brooks campaign will go to court tomorrow morning to request that all voting machines and paper ballots be impounded after the polls close.

“It’s standard procedure in any potentially close election,” said Brooks spokesman Kyle Kotary.

The move is a preemptive measure to facilitate any potential recount, in anticipation what will likely be a very close race in the 21st congressional race to replace retiring Rep. Mike McNulty.

The Brooks campaign has informed the four other Democratic candidates – Phil Steck, Paul Tonko, Darius Shahinfar, and Joe Sullivan.

“It’s just preparing,” said Kotary. “We’re leaving no stone unturned, we’re doing everything we can and should to compete in this 5-way primary. And all indications point that this is going to come down to the wire.”

Irene, what is the basis for your comment “what will likely be a very close race”? Do you have any? Or are you simply parroting the Brooks campaign spin — of which this bogus impound request is a part of — that this is a close, tightening race? More objective reporting from the TU!

I am the blogger Soundpolitic on The Albany Project. In my recent voters guide, Kyle Kotary responds to my own personal endorsements with a very interesting comment that sheds great light on the strenghts/weaknesses of the Brooks campaign. Highly recommended reading, even if you disagree with my own agreements.

Kyle Kotary and Tracey Brooks both told me in my interview with her that they would not officially respond to blog posts in the first place, by the way. Just click to link to see for yourself the type of people that Tracey has surrounded herself with, and, if you are so inclined, take that into account before you head to the polls tomorrow. See you there between 12 NOON & 9 PM! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD NO MATTER WHO YOU SUPPORT…VOTE!

This is yet another exaggerated spin by the Brooks campaign. Did you hear her latest? There is a robocall from Hillary Clinton going around the district tonight. Hillary does a generic pitch for women across NY to vote and then at the end it cuts out and says “Paid for by Friends of Tracey Brooks.” Hillary did NOT endorse Hillary but apparently Tracey doesn’t know that. Go Paul Tonko – the only candidate not to engage in negative campaigning, a hardworking guy and the most experienced to represent us in Congress.

The undecided vote is apparently significant, and the outcome may indeed be a close call, Tom-the-shill. Here’s hoping that by 10:30 Phil (Cheesy) Steck has been relegated to an appropriate out-of-the money finish and a career as a back-bencher in the County Legislature. Justice served.

Tonko for Congress- a good man in a legislative body with far too few of them.

Well said, ColinAbele…turns out that’s exactly what happened…I would still like to hear an explanation of why a TU reporter repeated as fact spin by one campaign without any evidence of its truth. Pretty sure that an explanation for the poor journalism isn’t going to be forthcoming, though…